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Setting the Stage


Welcome Lucy and ASD teachers to the Lucy Calkins Units of Study Writing Workshop training days. Today, we will embark on the creating a writing world, a place that honors writing, ideas, and making our voices come alive.

I am so excited that you are all here to embark on the most incredible writing experience that has transformed the writing instruction for so many throughout the last decade.

Parking Lot Questions

onor Yourself as a Writer



search.jpg Quick Write- Take 5 minutes to write about your life as a writer. Part of quick write, is to jot down the fisrt thing that comes to mind, honor your feelings, and continue to let you ideas take you on a pathway. Its a non judgmental approach to gathering ideas, reflects on past, present, and future, and connecting with your writer's self.

Agenda


Lucy Calkin Agenda
Day 1: July 15, 2014
12:30-3:15
Presenter: Erin Van Guilder, Director of Curriculum and Instructional Technology
Agenda
Time
Topic
Your Turn
12:15- 12:30
Introduction and Honoring Yourself as a Writer
Quick Write
12:30- 12:55
Connection to CCSS
CCSS Learning Progressions K-12 for Writing
12:55-1:00
CCSS Types of Texts and Genres
Brainstorm Contest
1:00-1:15
CCSS and Writing Workshop
Unit Preview and Proactive Instructional Approach to Student Learning Gaps
1:25-1:30
Break
Relax
1:30- 1:45
Materials Overview

1:45-2:15
Classroom Management: Mini Lesson
Before During and After Procedural Plan
2:15-2:45
Classroom Management: Writing Time
Preparing Students for Choice, Ownership, and Goal Setting
2:45- 3:00
Classroom Management: Conferring Choices and Records
Review and Determine Conferring Record Procedure
3:00-3:15
Discussion, Questions, and Homework
Read and jot notes on a Session for use tomorrow